Hammock-support.



A'. A. SGHIMMEL & MPREEDMAN.

HAMMOGK SUPPGRT.

. APPLICATION FILED JULY 13, 1910'. Y

Patented May 9, 1911.

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ABRAHAM A. SCHIMIVIEL, 0F BOSTON, AND MAX FREEDMAN, 0F MALDEN, MASSACHUSETTS.

HAMMOCK-SUPPORT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented. May 9, 1911.

Application led July 13, 1910. Serial No. 571,733.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that we, ABRAHAM A. SCHIM- MEL and MAX FREEDMAN, of Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, and of Malden, in the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, respectively, have invented cert-ain new and useful Improvements in Hammock- Supports, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invent-ion is to provide a portable frame adapted to be placed anywhere, and from which a hammock may be slung.

The object is to provide a support-ing frame of simple construction, which may easily be taken apart when not required for use, or when being moved from place to place, and which also may be packed together compactly for stowage in a small space, and for shipment.

A supporting frame, in which t-he principles of our invention are embodied in the form at present preferred by us, is illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

Figure l is a side elevation of the support. Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a detail vertical section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a detail horizontal section on the line 4 4 of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a perspective View of the foot portion of each upright of the support. Fig. 6 is a crosssection on line (3*6 of Fig. 3. Fig. 7 is a perspective view of one of the members in detail. Fig. 8 is a plan view of another member of the device in detail.

The same reference characters indicate the same parts in all the figures.

Referring to the drawings, a and Z) represent two uprights constituting the end members of the frame, and the supports for the hammock. On the upper ends of these supports are hooks c and d, or equivalent devices, from which the hammock slings may hang. In the form here shown, the hammock-holders c and d are metal hooks having shanks passing through the uprights a and b and secured by nuts e and j", which are preferably wing nuts adapted to be turned by being grasped between the thumb and forelinger. The uprights are preferably sections of piping and are supported at their bottoms and prevented from either toppling over sidewise or sinking into soft ground, by a foot piece attached to each upright. The foot piece is preferably a cross-bar g secured to the lower end of the upright by a fastening it such as a bolt or pin, and braced by struts z' and y'. These struts are pivoted to the ends of the foot piece g and detachably engaged with the upright by a removable bolt or pin 7c. and brace may be in any form, or of any material, and we prefer to make them from sections of angle iron, as being the most eiicient and inexpensive material and, rm. When the frame is not required for use and is to be stowed away or shipped, the fastening 7c can be removed, the braces c' and j swung down beside the cross piece g and the latter then turned through a quarter turn into line with the upright, wherein it occupies the least possible space.

For connecting the two uprights a and together, supposing them at the proper distance apart, and preventing them from toppling over longitudinally, we provide a cross-bar Z, which is preferably a section of metallic piping and is passed from one upright to the other at a low point thereon, which is below the position occupied by the hammock. The cross-bar is detachably engaged with the uprights, so that it can be removed therefrom and the parts packed together into the least possible space for shipment or stowage.

The means for connecting the ends of the cross-bar to the uprights, whereby 'these members can be easily assembled and disconnected, and also held rigidly upright, is an important feature of our invention, and consists of socket members vm, mounted upon the uprights and bracing tongue members n carried by the ends of the cross-bar. Each socket member consists of a sleeve portion embracing the upright and resting upon the braces z' and j at their point of connection with the upright, and has also a foot portion m, on which the end of the crossbar Z rests, and also side members m2 flanking theends of the cross-bar. The tongue and brace-member n is preferably made from a flat strip of metallic stock, which is doubled at its center to form a fold or loop n, which is inserted into the open end of the cross-bar and is fastened therein by a, pin 0 or other fastening. Beyond the end of the cross-bar the ends of the tongue and brace member are bent oppositely into line with each other, one of them forming the tongue n2 and the other a brace n3. The

`The foot pieceV tongue is adapted to pass through an opening in the foot portion m of the supporting stirrup m and both members n2 and @t3 are adapted to lie close against the side ot the upright or standard rl`hey have sutlicient stiffness to resist any tendency of the uprights to fall over longitudinally of the frame.

rlhe hammock, as hereinbefore described, is of the simplest possible construction, consisting only of three main members which may be readily taken apart and reassembled by one person, and Which, at the same time, have sutlicient stiffness to hold the upright members or posts a and Z) of the trame upright. rlhus a second longitudinal bracing member', which is a feature of certain other forms of hammock support, is, by our invention, rendered unnecessary. Furthermore the capability of folding of the foot piece and braces into line With the upright permits all the members of the trame to be packed together into a space no greater than the volume of three rods of the size of the uprights a and b.

We claim,-

l. A hammock support comprising two uprights, hooks detachably secured to the upper parts of said uprights for supporting a hammock, a crossbar bet-Ween said uprights below the position of the hammock, supports on the uprights for the ends of said cross-bar, and bracing members secured to the ends of said cross-bar and having their ends in alinement with each other, one of said ends being passed through an opening in said support and both ends lying beside and in contact With the upright.

2. A hammock support comprising tWo uprights each having provisions for sup- 40 porting one end of a hammock, a single cross-bar extending between said uprights, sockets on the uprights adjacent to the ends of said cross-bar, and tongue and brace members secured to the ends of the cross-bar removably contained in said sockets and lying alongside the uprights, whereby the uprights are retained at a fixed distance apart and in a perpendicular relation by the single cross-bar.

3. A hammock support comprising two uprights each having provisions for support-ing one end of a hammock, a single cross-bar extending between said uprights and having recesses in its ends, sockets on the uprights adjacent to the ends of said cross-bar, and a tongue and brace member secured to each end of the cross-bar, consist-ing of a strip of rigid material doubled at its middle and secured in the end recess of the bar, its two ends outside ot the bar being bent oppositely so that such ends are in alinement, one of such ends being removably contained in one o1c thetsockets to secure the uprights and cross-bar together, and the two ends lying alongside the upright to retain it in a fixed angular relation to the crossbar.

In testimony whereof We have aiiixed our signatures, in presence of tivo Witnesses.

ABRAHAM A. SCHIMMEL. MAX FREEDMAN. litnesses to Abraham A. Schimmel:

ARTHUR H. BROWN, l). W. Pnzznrrr. TWitnesses to Max Freedman.

C. F. BROWN, I). lV. Pnzznrri.

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